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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-09-30
LAVAL Notices 10 Gents a Line for Each Insertion.
LOCAL NEWS.


On and after April IL, 1887,
fast freighfs, Nos. II and y, will
have a coach attached between
MobITe and Scranton, for the &C
communication Of passengers, leav,
ing Mobile at S:25 pm. arriviGg at
Scranton at 1l:f3 p.m.j returning
leave Scranton at 1:26 a.W., arriving
IN Mobile at 4:35 am.
C. MARSHALL, Supt.
WHO will be ntxti
Our population is increasing.
Scranton is truly a "wet town.
The weather is cool and pleas
ant.
Our merchants are receiving
tall goods.
-rurnips aud muIlet are not
healthy diet.
The oyster crop will be i'm
meISe this season.
-Pecans are ripe aud are selling
for tcn cents q quart.
The heavy rain Monday night
WIS not much needed.
The Knights OF Lilor in this
county very quiet now.
Have your Job Printing dnne
at the DEMOCRAT STAR office.
Mr.. S. &. Ramsay, of Belle
Fontaine, a in town Tuesday.
Most all our SIMMER hOarlers
have left for their homes.
Rev. j. j.. Lovctl, OF Vancleave,
vas in town Tuesday, looking well.
MIR. Willie Watkins gave us Il
pleasant call Saturday.
Mrs. John Grant, OF New Or
leans, is here visiting relatives.
Large shipments of fish i
made almost every day FROM this
place to Biloxi.
Very few violations Of the crim-
inal law in this town, Judge Bow
man has but little TO do.
we understand that Chancel-
Tor Evans with his family, will
spend the winter here.
Mrs. Santa Cruz, of Biloxi, is
occupyiusthe house on P%ascagOula
river known as Saints Rest.
Capt. John Il. Clark, our clever
sheriff, was Oh a visit to Whistler,
Ala, Friday.
is it really true that we are to
have a company OF keary artillery
organized in ScrantOnf
The free public school of this
place will open on the first Monday
10 November.
Mrs. r. &. Roauerbe and Der
sister Miss Irene Girard, of POrters-
vile, Ala, are visiting friends in
this place.
MIR. Wilton Virgins, OF Moss
foint, eau be found by bis many
friends at Mr.. F. p. ScarclifFs store,
on Pascs goula street.
Mr.. Horace Bowman gigged
'hree mullet a; one throw with a
saree-prOnged spear recently. Who
says mullet are not thick berea-
boutsf
The Mexican mackerel to be
. OF our fishermen, are the best
hsh caught now in our own Gulf
Coast waterG
Judge B. 3eblieux, of Bay st.
LOUIS, was a welcome caller at the
DEAocRAT-STAR Office Saturday.
ne vas here on legal business.
The Pascagoula Hotel will re-
nam open all winter for the accom-.
notation Of al those who wish 10
enloy our pleasant climate. fish,
oysters and Wild game.
Elder o. D. Bowen will preach
~ We Baptist Church At Moss
Loln' Saturday night aud Sunday
all o'clock a. m, aud at Pasca.
gOula At 7:3O.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-09-30
New Prospect Camp Meeting.

New Prospect Camp Meeting will
begin Friday, the 21st of October.
The public is invited to attend.
Accommodations eau be had on the
grounds.
J. j. LOVETT, P. C.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-09-30
IN HARRISON COUNTY,

No. 3-HanlSome residence in
the town OF Mississippi City. -Four
comfortable rooms, diling-rOpm,
Kitchen, stable and carriage house.
Good well water. Hall mile weSt
OF the depot aud one quarter mile
west OF the Court. house. Price $500
No. 4-HOuSe aud lot III the town
OF Mississippi City, comfortable and
in good condition, half nile ives OF
The depot and one fourth Of u mile
from the Courthouse. Price $500.
No. 5-Vacaut lot in Mississippi
City, containing about five acres.
fronting L. s. N. Railroad and about
four hundred yards east Of the de.
pot. Price 500.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-09-30
The Cheapest.

Correspondence promptly attended to.
migrants provided for, arid colonies ae-
commodated with homes
The Real Estate Bulletin containing in
formation in regard to th6 nealth, resOnr-
ces, ETC., of the Coast, rnished on APP
~plication. 1t alse contains description
and prices of properties lfsted with the
Agency.
Capitalists desiring 10 invest are invited
to correspond with us in regard to invest
ments already made or which they desire
making.
Scranton. Miss, March H. 1881.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-09-30
SALEM CAMP MEETING.

On Thursday, October @, 1887,
meeting will commence at THIS camp
ground aud continue perhaps IA
week. s.syzr1iN
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-09-30
CANDIDATES

Our terms for announcing for Office are rs fol
lows; State or District, sI5 County, $40; Beat,
g.. No announcement will be Published unless
accompanied by the CASH. No deviation from this
rule. Calls on candidates will be published at
regular advertising rates.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-09-30
OUR VEGETABLE

Through the kindness of our ae-
commOdating freight and express
agents, MeSsrs. Santa Cruz and
ParhauI, we are enabled to give the
total shipments OF vegetables from
this place during the past season.
We give the figures as to~llOws:
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-09-30
REAL EsTATE r
ny PAscAoouLA RKAL EsrArE AGENCY.


Up to this time we have had only
tw0 or three complaints 10 regard
10 the Tax lands OF our No. 81 re-
Gently advertised. II any others
desire 10 complain We would be glad
TO hear from them. But we will
say to them that it is not tor us to
decide the question Of tile, but will
gladly submit all propositions made
TO the purchaser from the State for
whom We only act in the capacity
of agent. In al such eases VT
would have to inspect receipts, etc,
before we could intervene intelli.
gently.
We have just listed for sale
No. 57-Hohse and lot on Tele-
phone road near where it i~ntersects
Pascago0la street. DULY a shOIt
distance from depot. Conveniently
located IN quiet and healthy part OF
House 1890, one and a bali
story, five rooms, two of which pa
aud three unfinished Inside,
three heaters With brick flues.
outside aud IN good repair.
Ornamentrd front, side entrance.
Good garden spot. ScuppernOug
LcConte pears, Japan plums,
etc. Good well water. Price $3.50
L.nrh
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-09-30
HANCOCK COUNTY.

FellOw-citizens Of Hancock County:
Having withdrawn from the field at a
previous canvass, that the strength of the
party might be. united ere we suffered de-
feat, l again announce myself a Demo
cratic candidate to represent Hancock
county in the lower branch of the next
Legislature-sulject to the will and
pleasure of my party in primary or con
ventiOn. Respectfully,
THOMAS X. sTOCKER.
Pennington, Miss, Sept. 7, 1887.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-09-30
UNIVERSITY
OF
M ISSISSIPPI.
The seth Annual Session of this
Institution will Open ON
Thursday, Goth Sept. next.

The faculty, co assisting of eleven Pro-
fessors and one Instructor, is full. The
buildings are ia perfect order ; the situa-
is elevated and perfectly healthy.
Necessary expenses need not exceed $50
or 5000 for entire course of nine months.
Law students $500 aud $2f5. The law
school is in operation. and its curriculum
equal to any in the United States.
For full particulars, and for Historical
aud Current Catalogue, address EDWARD
MAYEs, Chairman Of Faculty, University,
Mississippi, or
BEN PRICE,
Secretary Board Of Trustees,
Oxford. Miss.
August 5, 1887. 8-3m
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-09-30
Land for Sale!

Six acres Of pine land within q half
mile Of Ocean SprinEs ID section 2 offs. ".
quar-, north side OIL & n. Railroad. The
land is eligibly Situated for . market gar
den. Il will be sold at a bargain for cash.
Title good. Apply to
p. X. MAYERS,
July %, 1857. Ru
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Job Printing at this Office.
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Eufil further nOt'co p"SsouBoi Vi"'"9 "
and N. railroad will arrive an
tne as follows, running by standar
aep which is the same as New oriean
time: .o,ve rAsrs e.
~. A-Leavimg New Orleans at 7:45 am.
S at Bay st. Louis, $50 am Pass
A As.1ar. iO107 Mississippi City, 1873;
Di1oS;' IO:5I; Ocean Springs, ll'OO an;
SDaranton. ll:42 am ; Grand Bay, 1903 /;
o. o. Elmo 1898, Mobile 1905 pm.
et; S~Lenving New Orleans at sos
Arrives Ut Bay St. Louis: 1853 p. m
INV christian, 1908 p. III; Biloxi, 1880
r+m. Ocean Springs, 1888 pm; Scran-
it,.1 p.m Mobile, l2:45 am.
va FAST linc train ouly makes the above
SV'ps GOING WEST,
~. 3-Fast Line Mail leaves Mobile at
o.Ss a nj. Arrives Mt Scranton 3;S am.
ocssn Springs Alb. Biloxi 4:23, Pass
Christian sos, Bay st. Louis bio, New
orleans 7:l0.
No other stops made.
No Leaving MOhile at 2:95 pm.
.rr;ves at St. Elmo 3:05, Grand Bay
S.ts' scranton, 1926; OCEAN Springs,
S.sI. Biloxi, 4:3e mississippi City, ABA ;
pass Christian, 5:l3; Bay St. Louis, 5;25;
Nav Orleans, 7:3O PM.
GEo. J. SAHTA CRUZ, ~StatiomAgt.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-09-30

-"Eltctricity in a b%ottle"--a
positive cure for asthma, headache,
neuralgia aud catarrh. This is no
humbug, if "A cure is not effected l
will return the money Oh return Of
the battery. This cure will be sent
10y mail on receis,t of price 81.
j. W. STEWART,
Mass Paint. Miss.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-09
Nearly ssFremont and Lincoln" {"

There are very few who remember
that the Republican ticket in 1856 came
near being Fremont and Lincoln. We
quote from the Century Life: ''How-
ever picturesquely Fremont for the
moment loomed up as the standard
bearer of the Republican party,
future historical interest centers
upon the second act of the Phila-
delphia convention. 1t shows us
how strangely to human wisdom
vibrate the delicately balanced scales
of fate; or rather how inscrutable and
yet how unerring are the far-reaching
process of Divine Providence. The
principal candidate having been
selected without contention of delay,
the convention proceeded to a nomina-
ton for Vice-President. On the first
New Jersey received 259 votes and
Abraham Lincoln of Illinois 10;
the remaining votes being scattered
among thirteen other names. The
dominating thought of the con-
vention being the assertion OF
principle and not the promotion OF
men, there was no further contest; and
though Mr.. Dayton had not received
majority support, his nomination
was nevertheless at once made un-
animous. Those who are familiar with
the eccentricities of nominating con-
ventions when in this listless and
drifting mood know how easily an op-
perfume speech from some eloquent
delegate or a few adroitly arranged
delegation caucuses might have re-
versed this result; and imagination
may not easily construct the possible
changes in the history which a sue
cessful campaign of the ticket in that
form might have wrought. What
would have been the consequences to
America and humanity had the Re.
bellion, even then being devised by
the southern hotspurs, burst upon the
| nation in the winter of 1856, with the
nations sword of commander-in-chiet
in the hand of the impulsive Fremont,
Lincoln, inheriting the patient wariness
and cool blood of three generations OF
pioneers and India-fghters, welding
only the powerless gavel of Vice.
PRESIDENT But the hour of destiny
had not yet struck.
The authors publish the following in
q foot-note:
s'Mr. T. S. Van Dyke, son of one OF
the delegates to Philadelphia, kindly
writes us: Nothing that Mr.. Lincoln
has ever written is more characteristic
than the following note from him to
my father just after the convention
not for publication but merely as a
private expression of his feelings to ar
+ old acquaintance:
| SPRINGFIEID ILL, JUNE 81, 1885.
| HON. JOHN VAN DYKE.
| my DEAR SIR: Allow me to thank you fo
| your kind notice of me in the Philadelphia
| convention.
"When you meet Judge Dayton present my
| respects, and tell him think him a far bette
| man than for the position he Is In, and tina
] shall support both him and Colonel Fremon
| most cordially. Present my best respects Il
| Mrs. ", and believe me, Yours truly,
| A. LINCOLN"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-09
A Wonderful Discovery.

w. M. Lee, the well-known fruit
grower of Tacoma, gives the particu-
lars of wonderful discovery of bones
of extinct animals in Washington
territory which attract the attention of
students of natural history and
archaeology all over the world. In a
letter to the Ledger from Spokane
Falls he says:
''The face of the whole territory
shows unmistakable evidence of great
volcanic upheavals. On my trip through
Spokane county / stopped at Latah,
and in conversation with Mr.. Coplen
OF that place regarding the volcanic
formation of that section he informed
me that he had examined some large
bones of great antiquity. Accompanied
by MIR. Coplen l went to the spring
where the relics were dug out. 1t is
located on a low strip of springy
prairie. The excavation around the
spring is twelve or fifteen feet deep
and thirty or forty across The bones
were covered by several distinct
layers.
1.-The first layer was ancient peat;
then layer of coarse peat.
4 AOAA tlilS opIluR W0I6 Ldk6u no less
than nine elephants, of different sizes,
the remains of a cave bear, hyenas,
extinct birds, and a sea-turtle The
dimensions of some of the bones of the
larger mammoth were wonderful to
look at. The horns were q sort of tusk
and protruded from the head Just be-
low the eyes, extending downward
below the jaws partially resting on the
ground, giving support to the head,
which Is estimated to have weighed a
ton.
''The horns were worn away several
inches deep at the bottom of the turn,
or half circle, indicating constant use
by rubbing on the ground or rocks.
One of these horns was ten feet and
one inch long, and twenty-four
inches in circumference. 1t weighed
145 pounds. One of the tusks
measured twelve feet and nine inches
in length and twenty-seven inches
around. 1t weighed 295 pounds. The
jaw weighed sixty-three pounds. The
molar teeth weighed eighteen pounds
each. Some Of the ribs were eight
feet long. The pelvic arch was six
feet across, and an ordinary man
could walk erect through this opening.
This huge and antique monster was
eighteen feet and six inches high, and
was estimated to weigh twenty tons"
Tacoma Ledger.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-09

Mise Alice Freeman, President of
Wellesley College, is young woman
whom most of her sex look upon as
born under lucky star. With her
erect figure, dark hair, big brown eyes
and the glow in her cheeks, she looks
the embodiment of nineteen century
womanhoOd, conscious of strength,
rejoicing in new opportunities, and
eager TO put her just realized powers
to the proof Miss Freeman is a gradu-
ate of the Michigan University. As q
woman her influence over women is
marked. Professors and students OF
Wellesley alike are loyal to her, and
commencement visitors have odd ex-
periences now and then when they
seek the Presidents room of an even
ing and find a disconsolate graduate or
two sobbing away in the darkness over
forgotten glove or bit of lace while
the unconscious owner is enjoying the
festivities of the hour somewhere out
side.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-09
The Great Problem.

Following closely ON the heels of the
labor question comes another which
supplements it and adds features of
great importance. 1t is: How shall
the increasing excess of female popu-
lation be supported?
In the United States the female
population preponderates in seventeen
states, and these are among the most
pOpulous in the Union. They are Ala
bama, Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas,
Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mas
saehusetts, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia, and the District
Of Columbia. The women in these
States aggregate q decided majority
The large number Of wOrkingmen out
Of employment naturally deprives
many women of the support to which
they have been previously accustomed,
while the corresponding proportion Of
women who are turned off from places
where they were formerly able to win
. subsistence greatly increases the
number of this dependent class. 1t is
estimated that in the United States 150,-
600 wOrkingmen are suffering from en-
forced idleness. There must be also q
large number of women who are alike
sufferers. All are hoping for good
times to come, when prosperity will
visit all these distressed persons, But
if good times should never come what
thenP The prices of all articles OF
prime necessity are very low and no
increase of production is demanded.
Many mills and factories are idle be-
cause they are not needed to do the
work. The army of the unemployed
may be able to live on hope for season
but finally the end comes. They can
not keep up that indefinitely. What
thenP
This is great problem which is to
be solved. A destructive war or a
terrible pestilence which would kill of
some of the superfuous human millions
would even up the account in some re-
spects. But war would only increase
the number of women in proportion to
the men, and many a bread winner
would be lost to them. In every way
the prospect is not bright for the
softer sex. In default Of any other
remedy the men might been driven 1. ON
the clerkships and places in stores and
offices and sent into the West and
South, where there are lands to be titled.
True, they would overcrop the markets,
but then they could eat their products.
The agriculturist need never starve.
And while the men are occupying the
vacant lands the surplus women can
take their places in stores, offices, fac
tories, and in all places where the labor
is suited to the female condition. ALI
this may seem useless and absurd now,
but these are problems which are to be
solved sooner or later, and sooner than
many expect, The discussion may be
premature, but it is practical. If not,
why2-Nea0 Orleans Picayune.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-09
The Cross-Eyed Clerk.

During the late Christmas holidays
q large firm Unemployed as an as
sistant clerk young man who was eH'
ceedingly cross-eyed.
The especial duty assigned to him
was to act as watchman, and
prevent the peculation of all sorts Of
small fancy articles that were lying
about the counters for exhibition at
that time.
One day half-grown boy came into
the store, and after looking around.
pricing first one thing and another,
among which were some very nice
socks, he finally started to go out Of
the door.
At this moment the new clerk
touched him on the shoulder, and in
viting him to come to the back part of
the store, said to him, politely, ''Oblige
me by giving me at once the socks that
you have in your back pocket"
''How do you know 1 have any
socks in my back pocket" demanded
the boy, in bold tone.
Il saw you put them there" said the
clerk, very gently.
The boy looked up into the young
mans face IN utter amazement. care
you looking at me now?" he asked,
earnestly. 'Do you see me this very
minute?" he asked still more earnestly.
''Of course 1 do" replied the clerk
''Good Lord, misterP cried the boy,
with blanching face; ''here's your
socks" And with bound he was out
the back door, over the fence, and
away, having learned lesson con-
corning all-seeing eyes which it is to
be hoped he may never forget.-Lscy
Underwood McCdnn, in Harpers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-09
The Sex of the Satan.

The sex of the devil is no longer in
doubt, at least in the mind of one
female school-teacher, of whom the
Syracuse journal tells the following:
There is young woman teaching in
one of the city schools, who.- if her
power of persuasion equals her zeal,
will work discord among the sexes.
annihilate matrimonial prospects,
and produce a decidedly ..bearish"
effect ON the man market. II
she were q dominic at And0ver she
would be on trial for heresy within q
week. A few days ago one of her
pupils, a snutfiing and droning school
boy, undertook the herculean labor of
parsing this sentences: ''And the devil
shall be chained for a thousand years. I"
The outlook was that his satanic
msjesty's ENHANCEMENT would begin
before the parsing ended. But the
boy finally got TO the devil. where, no
doubt, all the listening class and the
nervous teacher devoutly wished
him. "Da-a-vl," he drawled, lis q
naoun; pro-o-per naoun; third person;
singPer number; common gen"
"Stopp screamed the schoolma' am.
"4MGsculine! Al,Oays Dadsculine!"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-06-09
The Drudgery of ONCE.

But cit seems almost heartless to
dwell upon this idle gayety and siiken
leisure while score of Mayors, Colo
nels, and Brevet-Brigadiers are toiling
for their country in the great depart
ments of the Government. Turn from
the giddy throng, and come with me-
a moment to the grimy workshop OF
one of these sweating patriots. 1t is
10 o'clock in the morning. Lieut.
Col. Bounce, Assistant Thingabob-
General, has just dragged his weary
footsteps to the office. Compelled to,
rise at $50 or 9 a. m while his win
dow is but ''glimmering square,"
and when as yet the luxurious gar
bage man has not begun his rounds,
this martyr has snatched a hasty
breakfast and hurried as fast as bat
tered limbs would carry him to save
his native land. Only a rosewood
desk with velvet footstool attach
ment; only plain ebony and Russia
leather armchair with pivots and
rockers to ease his pains, only row
of electric buttons to call the insolent
and fatted clerks from the rooms be-
yond, or to summon the doorkeeper
from the hall, or to bring the valet to
light his cigaret or move his hat, or
pick up his handkerchief that has
fallen to the floor. Only these and
few other mitigations of fate that for
sordid care and cruel toll has no par
allel in the annals of immolation.
Watch the SCARED and battered old
veteran as he stretches himself upon
the sofa to struggle with the morning
paper = neglected, weary, MANNED,
desOlate, save for the sense of duty
that thrills his every fibre. Watch
him as he dozes for an instant while
an unsympathizing minion stands
over him to brush away the flies.
This lasts nearly an hour. For as
much as fifty minutes at stretch
literally at ''stretch"-this barba-
rous drudgery goes on. Then the hero
staggers to his feet and hobbies over
to the Russia leather chair and is
wheeled into position at the desk by
the callous myrmidon. A touch on
electric giggle, and Immediately there
enters to him naughty clerk with a
scornfully-wreathed lip, bearing three
papers tor signature. He gazes at
them with q shudder. His sad ewes
say imploringly: Couldn't you make
it two?' but the brave old lips utter
no complaint. He signs those papers
unflinchingly, and then-for he is but
human after all-he faints away. For
an hour and thirteen minutes he has
been on the rack of duty. For an hour
and thirteen minutes he has given his
strength, his mind, his energies to an
ungrateful but beloved country 1t is
too much-nature will endure no
more. He faints away into his over
coat and hat-faintS aWaV to the cluh
and not until nearly noon does he
succeed in resuscitating himself on a
deviled oyster and in rallying suffi-
ciently to hold hand at whist.
This is no fancy picture. 1t is typ
ical of the lives of hardship and
drudgery and self-denial led by doz-
ems Of devoted men in this proud ma
tion's service. How, o! how can one
think of the feasting and revelry at
the paper hunt, while such scenes are
being enacted at ones very elbowP
Washington Letter in the NesO York
Tribune.